Pp. xviii+654(last blank), mostly printed double column, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; text block lightly browned; Penguin Books, London, 1998. First edition. More
Editor Alison Jones, with the assistance of Stephanie Pickering [and] Megan Thomson. Pp. xiv+1516(last blank), printed double and triple column, index; wide med. 8vo; maroon art. leather, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Chambers, Edinburgh, 1996. More
Pp. xxii+666, mostly printed double column; demy 8vo; black art. leather, spine lettered in purple & white; dust wrapper; Random House, New York, 1995. More
Pp. xx+1004(last colophon), mostly printed double or triple column, indices; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle scuffed; top edges blue (faded); dust wrapper, slightly rubbed, the laminate peeling on back flap; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper; Oxford University Press, London..... More
Pp. 640, index; small cr. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; bottom edge of leaves slightly soiled; Cassell, London, 1997. First edition. More
as well as archaisms of early voyagers, etc. By the late Admiral W. H. Smith. Revised for the press by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Belcher. Pp. [vi]+744; thick demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip lightly faded; top edges of..... More
A popular guide to words in the news. Pp. xii+322; med. 8vo; slight bruise at head of spine; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle creased and split; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991. First edition. *'Spin doctor, fun run, insider trading, genetic fingerprinting, thirtysomething, designer water, liposuction, Cablevision, gentrification, intifada..... More